The Bread of Life Discourse
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Jn 6:44-51
[Jesus said to the crowd,] 44“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him, and I will raise him on the last day. 45It
is written in the prophets:/ ‘They shall all be taught by God.’/
Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me. 46Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. 47Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. 48I am the bread of life. 49Your an cestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died; 50this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die. 51I
am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread
will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the
life of the world.”
Reflection:
I am the living bread.
Jesus presents himself as the bread of life, the living bread that
comes down from heaven. He gives eternal life. And Jesus invites us to
partake of this bread so that we may live forever.
Jesus’ invitation is continually made
at the celebration of the Eucharist. At the consecration, the bread and
wine become the body and blood of Jesus. In holy Communion, we receive
Jesus in the form of the bread-made-body and wine-made-blood.
We draw spiritual nourishment and
strength from the Eucharist. The sacrament sustains and gives us
eternal life. At the Eucharist, we are united with Jesus. We become
like him and for him.
Let us pray that each Eucharist we
celebrate may help us speak and act like Jesus for others and be a
source of strength and nourishment for our needy brothers and sisters.
How do I participate in the celebrationof the Eucharist?
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